Some of you may remember that little secrety sumpin’ sumpin’ I was working on for a while. The Something Exciting which will now be better known as “Petal“. I have to admit, it was a bit of a surprise to find it all complete and ready for purchase when I was browsing Ravelry this afternoon. My heart sank just a little. Like when you find out a week after the fact that your boyfriend went out to dinner with a girl-that’s-a-friend (who you think might be more-than-a-friend) and somehow neglected to share that information until you asked a bunch of snoopy questions and pried it out of him.
I guess I had a lot of expectations about the process that I didn’t realize I was holding on to. Some altruistic sense of wanting to help another knitter, albeit someone who doesn’t need my help, and being on the cusp of something new and exciting. Maybe even a little asterisk in the bottom right hand corner that says something like, “Test knitters using Berocco Nostalgia found that yardage needed to complete this project was in fact doubled.” In the end, I wasn’t helpful at all and the worst part about it is, I now am the proud owner of my very first Fuggle (non-magic knit) as a result. Oy. I haven’t even bothered to take a photo of it yet so pictures may not ever be forthcoming. Just take a look at Stefanie’s if you’re curious because it looks positively lovely on her! Sorry, I know you were excited to finally see it. Maybe, if I don’t frog it in the near future I’ll take one for posterity and share it with you so you can enjoy my very first Fuggle as much as I have (not).
Lest you think I am badmouthing the designer or her process, I feel compelled to assert that I don’t have any negative feelings whatsoever towards her or how everything worked out. It was my own damn fault for having such high expectations for whatever it was that I thought I was doing and I just can’t explain why I feel so melancholy about the whole thing. I’m really happy for her that she got the pattern completed and it appears that she had a whole community college class test knit it for her, so I’m sure that was extremely helpful. And I wish her tons of success with both the pattern and her book that will be coming out in the future! Hooray for Glampyre! Thanks for letting me test knit for you even though I suck!
But at least there’s this~
Twinkle Toes in STR Midsummer Night for SITM Pal #2
I finally finished my second pair of socks for my second pal for the Sock It To Me Sock Swap. These will get blocked tonight and then hopefully I’ll be able to mail them out over the weekend. Then it’s time for some serious Christmas knitting. Stay off the Naughty List kids or you may find a Fuggle in your stocking!